Carotid endarterectomy: Are we meeting the two week target?

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 27-29

  Guest, R V ^a   Richards, Jenny M J ^a   Fraser, S C A ^a   Chalmers, R T A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Stroke; Transient ischaemic attack; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651211121     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.54.2.27     Document Type: Review

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